Bed-bottom hanger



Mar. 27, 1923.

c. FUCHS.

BED BOTTOM HANGER.

FILED JUNE 27,1922.

0 W VEX g g d Patented Mar. 27, 1923.

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CHARLES FUCHS, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BED-BOTTOM HANGER.

Application filed June 27, 1922. Serial No. 571,190.

, er'enceto a type of hanger designed to support the frame of a bed spring upon the usual or conventional side rail which connects the head and foot ends of the main bedstead frame. The hanger of the invention is of particular service in connectionwith that type of bed bottom in which tubular side frames are employed.

The leading object of the present invention is to provide an improved bed-bottom hanger of simple and economical design which in manufacture costs no more than less efficient hangers now in general use. A further object resides in the provision of general details of construction and arrangement and combination of parts for attaining the results sought by said leading object. A still further object is to make use of conventional angle-iron and by simple steps of stamping and bending provide hanger parts possessed of maximum strength and rigidity. Other and further objects not at this time more especially referred to will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described and nally claimed.

The nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will be more fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, and in which:

Fig. 1, is a fragmentary view, in crosssection, illustratin the manner of supporting the tubular side frame of a bed spring upon the side rail of a bedstead by means of a hanger embodying features of the pres ent invention.

Fig. 2, is a perspective view of the hanger parts detached.

Fig. 3, is a fragmentary view, in crosssection, illustrating the manner of supporting the tubular side frame of av bed spring upon the side rail of a bedstead by means of a modified form of hanger, and

Fig. 4, is a perspective view of the latter hanger detached.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention I have shown in the accompanying drawings two forms thereof which are at present preferred by me, since the same have been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliableresults, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited tothe precise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

In the manufacture of my improved hanger I make use of angle-iron which I have found to be especially adapted for the purpose. The angle-iron is first cut into proper lengths. It has then stamped from that part forming the vertical wall an angular recessed portion, a lug and a part formed upon an arc of a circle which extends from the base of the lug to the underside of the horizontal top wall. There is thus left projecting beyond the lug a horizontal wall devoid of a vertical wall. The projected portion is now bent upon an arc of a circle for engaging at least partially around the sideframe of a bed spring. I may make the hanger in two parts as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or in one piece as shown in Figs. 3 and 4:.

Referring now more especially to Figs. 1 and 2, l0 designates the vertical wall of the hanger and 11 thehorizontal wall. The vertical wall at one end is recessed as at 12 to form a foot for resting upon the side-rail 13 of a bedstead. The opposite end of the vertical wall is cut away upon an arc of a circle as at 14 so that the inner end of the horizontal wall is devoid of a vertical wall. There thus remains intermediate of the hanger ends a lug 15. This lug functions to prevent lateral movement of the hanger in one direction when it abuts against the side-rail 13. That part of the horizontal wall of the hanger which is free of a side wall is bent upon an arc of a circle as at 16 for engaging partially around the side-frame 17 of a bedspring. It is to be noted that the free end of part 16 extends in a plane well below the horizontal axis of frame 17 and that the horizontal wall of the hanger is in a plane well above the horizontal axis of frame 17 The edge of the lug which is formed upon an arc ofa circle engages the side frame sur- Further by this special arrangement oi parts should the rivet become loosened the hanger itself is not apt to be shifted side-wise. In other words the maximum amount of trictional engaging surface serves to maintain the hanger and "frame in proper position with respect to one another. I choose to term this frictional engaging oi parts a fourpoint suspension, namely at the top, bottom and opposed sides of the bed-spring side frame.

In Figs. 3 and 4t. the construction is the same as above described except that the parts are made integral instead of two pieces. in

. making the hanger that part of the horizontal, top piece which is tree or a side wall 1s longer than that shown in the foregoing construction and is first bent to provide a ring-like part 21 for engaging around the side-frame l7 and the tree end or such part 21 is then bent over and extended in a horizontal manner as at 22 for abutting against the underside of the top wall of the hanger. The horizontal portion 22 is riveted to the hanger top after the hanger has been fitted to the side frame. The four-point suspension is common to this style of hanger.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful construction which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description and while I have in the present instance shown and descri ed the preferred embodiments thereof which have been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the same are susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What I claim is:

1. In a hanger of the character stated the combination of a side-tube, a member comprising a horizontal, flat top and a vertical side-wall said flat top terminating at one end in a downwardly curved portion for at least partially encircling said side-tube and said vertical wall torn'iing a foot for seating the side-rail of a bed, a lug depending from said vertical wall in the same vertical plane for abutting against such side-rail to prevent lateral movement of the hanger and means for rigidly clamping the flat top of said member to the side-tube and to that portion of the hanger engaging around said side tube.

2. In a hanger of the character stated the combination of a side-tube, a member comprising a horizontal, flat top and a vertical side-wall said flat top terminating at one end in a downwardly curved portion which par tially encircles said side-tube and said vertical wall forming a foot for seating upon the side-rail or a bed said vertical wall having a depending lug for abutting against such side-rail to prevent lateral movement of the hanger, a second member having a flat portion in abutting fixed relation with the underside of the fiat top of the first mentioned member and having a depending portion which is curved to it around the lower part of the side tube and means passing through said tube and both of said members to form an interlock.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

CHARLES FUCHS. 

